It is very rare when I get to say I actually liked the movie MUCH better than the book. The story while suposed to be inflicting sympathy on the reader for the main charator fails as we find out how shallow and self obsorbed she becomes whith no seeming regaurd for the people around her. I found it stale and at times a bit repetive, I say add this to your NetFlix not your wish list.

OK, I didn't like this book, mostly because it felt very repetitious, like a giant rant about what the main character's boss was making her do. But heres the thing: I must be crazy because her job didn't sound that bad to me! All she had to do was run around the city for her boss, she didn't have to do anything that really required a lot of brainpower, she got to meet interesting people and be exposed to the magazine business, and she signed up for it. So.. I felt no sympathy at all and found her whiney and annoying. She only had ONE person who she really had to answer to, and the amount of responsibility in her job was negligible. If this was a book about a really hard job with REAL stress maybe I could buy it. But no. I'm still going to give this author another try, I'm reading "Everyone Worth Knowing" right now, and I like it better.

I was a little disappointed in the book after having seen the movie. The book was probably more realistic but it was harder to think of the main character as being the heroine of the story, and it wasn't as funny as the movie.

If not for the title that peaks your interest, or for the humor and undeniably great insight on what it would be like to work for a debutante of the fashion world, this book held my interest from beginning to end. If you are looking for a deep literary read, this is definitely not for you. This is a light, funny read that I, quite frankly, could not put down. Having no knowledge of fashion, designers, or New York City for that matter, I felt like I had an education on the fast paced, cut throat and very competitive industry that most girls can only dream about participating in. I thought Weisberger showed immense talent in poking fun at this glamorous way of life and I thouroughly enjoyed it.

I know this book was on the best seller list of the New York Times forever but I really struggled to get through it and did not enjoy it. I found it to be more depressing than funny. Perhaps some of my negativity comes from not relating to the world of glitz and glam.

This book was funny, a light, entertaining book about the boss from hell. I found all of the details about fashion a bit ridiculous. I will never be able to comprehend how fashion can be taken so seriously. Who throws out very expensive clothes every six-months, just because they are six-months old? I saw the movie, hilarious! Meryl Streep played the part of Miranda Priestly wonderfully, although she was much nicer than the Miranda Priestly in the book, and nowhere near as devilish. She didn't fit the book's physical description of Miranda Priestly, but she looked fabulous! I love her! The movie was totally different from the book in many ways, which didn't really bother me, but I much preferred the book's ending, where Andy finally says to her boss what many people only dream of saying to their bosses. To say more would spoil it. That's all!

This book started out in the middle of a scene. So it instantly grabbed your attention and the funny scenes and creative writing and the drama that followed held my attention althroughout almost the whole book. The last 10 maybe 15 pages went all down hill. It seemed that Weisberger wasn't sure how to end it and therefore gave it the cliche, everything is how it should be ending. I was really disappointed that so much went into the book and then it all copped out in the last few pages!

Honestly, as a reader of chick-lit, this book was not my favorite. A rare instance of the movie being better than the book, in my opinion. The main character was hard to support and the negativity of this book was more depressing than funny.

I read the book before I saw the movie and the movie really does what the book should have; make the characters likeable.

this book is great! and much better than the movie, the movie left way too much out. i found myself laughing out loud reading this book, and thinking about it well after i finshed reading it! give it a try!

I didn't find this book nearly as hilarious as I had expected. The boss was too cruel to be funny, and too ridiculous to be believed. And in a way, the main character was even worse - what person with any self-worth could possibly put up with that kind of treatment?? And any respect or sympathy I felt for the main character went completely down the tubes when she made one particular decision near the end...

This is an interesting novel with good parts and some really good parts, but in all it is not something that I was overly excited to read through. Much of the text is based in a mindset that is not something I can relate to, but I have always been out of touch with the pulse of the fashion world or the hyperactive world of New York City. Good read if you have extra time.

"The Devil Wears Prada" is a fun book any worker can relate to, even if your boss isn't quite as hellish as the editor-in-chief character, Miranda Priestly. The central character, a young journalist forced into an assistant position at a high-profile fashion magazine, is relatable and you'll find yourself rooting for her all through the book. However, you can tell this is the writer's first published material, and that's not a good thing. Also, this is definitely not literary in any way, so if you're truly looking for something mindless that you can enjoy and then forget about later, read this. Surprisingly, the movie version with Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep is miles better than its source material - if you're interested in the story and don't want to read it, pick up the movie and enjoy it! I liked it better.

This book is part of my commuting collection - I thought it was a fun easy read, perfect for my crowded ride home on the metro. I read the book before seeing the movie and is usually the case, enjoyed the book more than the movie. If you're looking for some easy light reading (and perhaps to feel better about your own job) this is a good pick.

I was a bit lost on this book. I wasn't really sure what the point of this book was. I thought Andy was a spineless, naive idiot up until the last 10 pages and didn't know why I was supposed to care about her. If she could have shown just an ounce of sensitivity or tried to explain what was going on to her friends and family instead of lying to them, I could have had some sympathy but in my opinion she got way more than she deserved. The story was well written but left me feeling kinda empty.

If you've seen the movie---the book is so much better. It gives a much rounder version of the main character (Andie) and of her boss. AND the ending is VERY different. If you have ever had an unreasonable boss, you should read this book.

The story of Andrea Sachs, a small town girl fresh out of college who lands the job that "a million girls would die for". Andrea soon learns that the job, itself, is what's going to kill her! (Either that or cause her to murder her boss, Miranda Priestly, the successful editor of Runway magazine.)

Weisberger has a way of writing that shows both humor and sarcasm in an equal mixture. This book is kind of like a bag of chips - fast, tasty and fun. Forget the health aspect! LOL

This is an entertaining book about "the boss from hell" (Hence the title). I wouldn't say it was laugh out loud funny, but it is a good read. I'm looking forward to seeing the film since it seems like this story would be easy to adapt.

Is there a reason this book is 360 pages? It is light reading, but the same concept over and over and over. This book easily could have been 150 pages and not lost a thing. It reminds me of the SNL sketches where they just keep doing the same joke again and again and it feels like the sketch will never end. I was hoping for something more at the end of this book to somehow redeem the middle 150 pages, but was dissapointed.

The characters are terrific, the story is funny and sad and intriguing in a weird way. I thought it was a little too long, too much blah blah blah about fashions, and too many F-words. Other than that, I enjoyed it.

I haven't actually finished the book yet, only because I'm a nanny of triplets, but I really don't want to put it down. The author puts things in a way that you relate to the character and want her boss to go fall off a cliff or something.

An interesting book about a job from hell. Andrea works for a fashion magazine editor in New York City, who is an extremely demanding woman. She only takes the job becuase it secures her a spot anywhere she wants in the magazine world after a year of slave work. I enjoyed this book which surprised me because I have heard mixed reveiws about it.

A bit long in parts with pieces that didn't seem to move the story along, but still very funny! You almost have to have a sarcastic sense of humor, which I do, so I was thoroughly amused. It may seem far fetched to some while believable to a degree from those of us who have worked in jobs from #(&%(#*&% with bosses who are even more profane!

I think this is a wonderfully written book. I can't believe how quickly I read it, was pretty much unable to put it down, and I care nothing about fashion, magazine publishing, or the young, hip, NYC lifestyle. I think that the author draws you into the main character's life and you become engrossed in it, in the same way that the main character became obsessed with trying to please her obviously psycho boss. Not a deep book, or one that is designed to evoke thoughtfulness, but good escapist fiction (although I am pretty sure this is based on the author's experience, as it rings just a little bit too true).

A detailed rendering of the main character's year as an personal and office go-fer to a tyrannical New York fashion editor. Occasionally entertaining, but frequently tedious. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep.

Andrea Sachs is a young woman embarking on her first job after college. All she wants is a chance to make her journalistic dreams come true. When she gets an interview to become the personal assistant to Miranda Priestly, famous editor of Runway Magazine, she sees this as a chance to break into the business. Miranda is known to give her assistants choice positions after spending a year with her. Andrea plans from the start to work the year under Miranda and then move on to a career at The New Yorker Magazine. Little does she know that working for Miranda has very little to do with journalism. She becomes more of a servant to Miranda, catering to her personal needs and wants which are constant and unpredictable.

This is a great book written with a sense of humor and deep character development. I felt as though I really got to know each of the main characters. As bad as Andrea's life becomes, she always has an unfailing optimism that it would all be over in a year and then her dreams could come true. Of course, things don't play out quite the way she expects in the end. This is a fun book to read and I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of "chick lit" who wants to read something a little different.

This is a book about a boss from hell! It is very well written and has some extremely funny parts in it, but it is also anxiety producing because you get pretty wrapped up into this crazy, insane and demented boss this poor struggling writer has to endure. I a anxious to see if the movie is as good as the book.

I had high hopes to read about all the drama and mystery of a world I will never know. It just came off as anticlimatic and unbelievable. It was also sometimes repetitious. This author needs to learn more adjectives and metaphors.

I've read this book a couple of times now and it is SO much better than the bubble-gum tween movie version of the story. The film just made the story too cotton-candy cute, not to mention the awful job of casting that was done or the crap job they did in the re-write for the script.

I find the book well-written and not the typical bit of chick-lit fluff where adult characters are lacking serious problems like alcohol-dependency, work stress and/or a potty mouth. The characters in this book may have jobs we can't relate to, but they have problems in their lives that we can be empathetic towards. The author does a great job of making them believable by using real-life language instead of toning it down just so she can sell to a younger genre that the sugary-sweet substitute of a movie pandered to.

I agree with the other reviews posted here, I enjoyed the movie far better than the book. It's very rare for that to be the case, but I just like the direction the movie took the characters. I just read Last Night at Chateau Marmont by the same author and it was a far better book than this book was! I give the movie 5 stars, the book 2 stars!

One of the few cases where the movie outshines the book. Lauren Weisberger whines her way through an internship with Anna Wintour at Vogue magazine and makes a best-selling "novel" out of the experience. Driven people do not make good bosses, though they may inspire their underlings to greatness (if only to eventually escape the boss). See the movie, but only read the book if you've got a long plane ride ahead of you and plan to leave the book behind for the next unsuspecting reader.

Haven't seen the movie yet, but I understand Meryl Streep also didn't buy into her character being a completely evil fashionista. A little too either-or simplistic for my taste but definitely a good gossipy read - and lots and lots of clothes.

This was an amusing fun read the I enjoyed immensely. I read it and then later saw the movie. I am glad that I did it in that order. Otherwise, I may have missed out on a book that was for me "laugh out loud" funny.

I've read this book a couple of times now and it is SO much better than the bubble-gum tween movie version of the story. The film just made the story too cotton-candy cute, not to mention the awful job of casting that was done or the crap job they did in the re-write for the script.

I find the book well-written and not the typical bit of chick-lit fluff where adult characters are lacking serious problems like alcohol-dependency, work stress and/or a potty mouth. The characters in this book may have jobs we can't relate to, but they have problems in their lives that we can be empathetic towards. The author does a great job of making them believable by using real-life language instead of toning it down just so she can sell to a younger genre that the sugary-sweet substitute of a movie pandered to.

It's a fun read. Nice for a flight or the beach. A biting look at the fashion industry from an insider, the book is not short on charm. I found it difficult to sympathize with the main character, but nonetheless, I looked forward to the movie release.

I don't know why people call Andrea Sachs character whiny. She's not whiny. She's intensely selfish and oblivious. That is why this book is bad - there is no way on earth you cal like the main character. Weiserberger may have tried to create a naive and idealistic character, but what she ended up with was a snob. She may have been a snob in reverse, but she was a snob nonetheless. While there is no excuse for the way Miranda Priestly behaves, that does not make Sachs attitude okay. Between the two of them, I was ready to throw the book across the room.

To make matters worse, the unlikeable characters were mixed in with insufficient description and horrible writing. The story is flat, the plot and narrative are all over the place, and, to make matters worse, Weisberger seems to have no idea how horrendous her prose is. Weisberger makes so many attempts to "sound" like a writer, that she complete forgets shes writing a book. This books reads like it was written by a High Schooler over summer vacation. Weisberger shows glimmers of talent here and there, but they're so faint that I was left wondering why any editor would let this book slide.

The only reason I continued to read this book was for the supporting cast. Andrea's roommate, boyfriend, and fellow Priestly assistant were the most fascinating characters of the novel. They had stories. They had substance. They had emotions. Too bad they were pushed to the periphery while Weisberger's yawning headliners took center stage.

I watched the movie before I read the book, which may have lead to me liking the film more than the book. The book is cute and the idea of it is great. Good chick lit is hard to find sometimes but Lauren Weisberger provided. Sometimes I feel like Weisberger is venting too much about her old job though (for Anna Wintour at Vogue) and not moving the plot along. Despite that it is definitely worth reading and I suggest doing so before watching the movie.

I agree with a lot of the reviewers in that the book is much better than the movie, and makes more sense than some of the nonsense in the movie. I also agree with some who say the ending was forgettable, but the body of the book makes that worth the unsatisfying ending. The story was hilarious, light hearted, weird, and totally different than life as most of us know it, although many of us can relate to the stress of having a seemingly psychotic and irrational boss. You will find yourself imagining snappy comebacks to things people say to the poor girl trying to hold onto her job so she can score her dream job, you'll daydream about the glamour of the fashion world, you'll also wish you were 5'10" and 120 lbs. like the main character. It's a really funny and fun to read book. I live in the rural South, about as far as you can get from downtown Manhattan, so many of the things she describes are really interesting to hear about because they are so different than the regular life here. I also enjoy books that don't require too much thinking on my part (I do enough of that at work!) so it's not really the most intellectual of pursuits, but perfect for an unwinder. Definitely recommended!

I honestly could not take this book. Obviously I do not understand the world of fashiong, but then again, I can't even imagine working in it. The story became too much of the same with each new chapter.

I didn't enjoy it as much as the movie, but it was wonderful, nevertheless. Miranda is even crueler (hard to believe, I know!) and Andrea's friends are not such jerks as I found them to be in the movie. Many differences, but I still enjoyed them both! It is light reading, definitely for girls, but I loved every minute of it!

I've read this book a couple of times now and it is SO much better than the bubble-gum tween movie version of the story. The film just made the story too cotton-candy cute, not to mention the awful job of casting that was done or the crap job they did in the re-write for the script.

I find the book well-written and not the typical bit of chick-lit fluff where adult characters are lacking serious problems like alcohol-dependency, work stress and/or a potty mouth. The characters in this book may have jobs we can't relate to, but they have problems in their lives that we can be empathetic towards. The author does a great job of making them believable by using real-life language instead of toning it down just so she can sell to a younger genre that the sugary-sweet substitute of a movie pandered to.

I think to some this book would be considered "funny." However, because I worked for a high profile woman that was so much like the CEO in this book I found it to be disturbing and it brought back to many bad memories.

I both loved and hated this book. I was not a fan of the main character, as I felt that she had lost her morals and values by the end of the book. I also was not a fan of the foul language. However, the book kept me hooked until the end and of course ended differently than the movie.

I couldn't finish this book. It's unnecessarily long, and at only a third of the way through I had already set it aside and made myself pick it back up twice. Andrea is the annoying character, as far as I'm concerned, not the so-called evil boss. I didn't find her sympathetic at all, and as the narrator she's constantly smug and self-justifying. I actually loved the movie--at least Andrea is held partly accountable in that.

When I first started this book, I thought there was no way I was going to be able to read it. Way too much detail about a two hour drive through NYC.

Luckily, I plugged on and found the book to be a very interesting look at what is considered great experience and resume building work at a NY magazine company -- the ability to buy coffee and donuts and colate piles of paper.

The end of the book was great. Something tells me all of us have had a boos we would have liked to just tell off and walk away from.

I thought this book was pretty awesome. It's better than most chick lit type of books - lets you experience being high class, when really you're sitting in sweatpants, while you're reading and imagining the amazing clothes and shoes. If you have seen the movie, I recommend the book. It has a different ending.

Much better as a book than a movie, but it is your typical chick lit book. It's an easy, enjoyable read, like if you need a book for the airplane or such. If you like confessions of a shopahollic, or books like that, this is right up your alley. Although, I'm not a big chick-lit girl and I still liked it.

I liked this book a lot. It wasn't much like the movie which was sort of expected, but I found that I LIKED the character far more in the novel than the movie. It was more realistic, I could understand and relate. It's a good novel if you just want a book to distract you for a short period of time.

Funny with nderlying messages including not losing oneself. It was clever and entertaining and has inspired many offshoots. I enjoyed it and while it was a quick read, it wasn't as shallow as I expected.

I swear I had this narsassistic boss (minus the Prada). Last I heard she was pregnant with triplets. God help them. An entertaining read, but I thought it could have ended better. The descriptions were great and the characterizations were damning. More than one editor must have gone down in flames over this book.

A totally different world than I could ever, or ever want to, relate to. The excesses that this book hinted at are a travesty. After reading this I wouldn't take a Prada or Jimmy Choo if it was handed to me on a silver platter.

While parts of this book were somewhat amusing, I guess you gotta be from NYC to really find the humor.

I did not see the movie but I thought the book was very detailed and humorous. Weisberger describes the characters in a hilarious manner and you almost think you are there. I thought this was one of the better books I have read in a while

I got this book because I enjoyed the movie.... but I was extremly disappointed. Lots of sex and a ton of foul language permiated the book. If you are really interested in this book, watch the movie instead.

Enjoyable book! Didn't see the movie because I didn't want to ruin what I'd conjured in my head of the characters, etc. I'm the kind of person who enjoys keeping tabs on celebrity gossip, fashion, trends -- and this book complimented my interests well.

If you're seen the movie, the book will not disappoint. As in most cases, the book is better than its cinematic counterpart! If you stick through the first few chapters you'll be sucked into the character's foiables, exaggerated flaws and just maybe identify with Andrea's new job blunders as she navagates the alien planet of high fashion, too skinny models, fashionistas and an over the top boss that will have you saying, "I can't belive she did/said THAT!" outloud again and again. Also, the book gives you a better impression of the heroine's personal life and a truer to life, more intense version of her relationship with her friends and the tradegy that brings her back from the alien planet, and down to earth again with the ones she loves. I highly recommend this book if you're interested in a light character novel that will peel your eyes open to the world of high fashion.

For once, I actually thought the movie was better. I had the hardback forever but never read it. After seeing the movie, i grabbed up the paperback and read it quickly. Don't get me wrong, the book was ok, but I enjoyed the movie more. A fast read if you're interested. I'm going to give Laura another try with her next book and see how that goes.

I liked the book better than the movie! The book club I am in decided to read this book for the month of July and then we went to the movie together! It was different in a lot of ways! Even character names and characters themselves! I really really liked the book, it was a fun fast read!

Not nearly the fabulous book the reviews said it would be. A ridiculous story of what people put their employees through/what people will do to keep a job.
Maybe the movie is better? I didn't find it remotely funny.

From Publishers Weekly: "Most recent college grads know they have to start at the bottom and work their way up. But not many picture themselves having to pick up their boss's dry cleaning, deliver them hot lattes, land them copies of the newest Harry Potter book before it hits stores and screen potential nannies for their children. Charmingly unfashionable Andrea Sachs, upon graduating from Brown, finds herself in this precarious position: she's an assistant to the most revered-and hated-woman in fashion, Runway editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. The self-described "biggest fashion loser to ever hit the scene," Andy takes the job hoping to land at the New Yorker after a year. As the "lowest-paid-but-most-highly-perked assistant in the free world," she soon learns her Nine West loafers won't cut it-everyone wears Jimmy Choos or Manolos-and that the four years she spent memorizing poems and examining prose will not help her in her new role of "finding, fetching, or faxing" whatever the diabolical Miranda wants, immediately. Life is pretty grim for Andy, but Weisberger, whose stint as Anna Wintour's assistant at Vogue couldn't possibly have anything to do with the novel's inspiration, infuses the narrative with plenty of dead-on assessments of fashion's frivolity and realistic, funny portrayals of life as a peon. Andy's mishaps will undoubtedly elicit laughter from readers, and the story's even got a virtuous little moral at its heart. Weisberger has penned a comic novel that manages to rise to the upper echelons of the chick-lit genre." Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --

This is probably the only time that I can say that I enjoyed the movie more than the book. I actually waited to see the movie until it was released on DVD because I thought the book was so bad. It just didn't hold my interest.

Usually I prefer a book to the movie, however in this case, the book lacked the spark Merle Streep and Anne Hathaway provided on screen. The tertiary characters were dark and too deeply flawed, distracting from the story.

Although I sincerely hope there is not or never will be a person like Miranda Priestly, she certainly makes a great chacter as she is set up to to show you and me what the inside of the New York fashion world could be like. Fun.

It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"

This book was tons of fun. If you liked the movie, I'd still suggest reading the book, because the story's quite different, so it's like getting a whole new version. It's a good one to read in bits before bed because, while it's enjoyable, you won't lose sleep over the suspense of it all. It's just fun.

A must read for anyone who has ever had a demanding boss...except this one takes the cake. Entertaining, but also thought provoking in relation to decisions we make every day and expectations of how people should treat one another.

i had this wishlisted and finally went to B&N and bought it just so i could get on the bandwagon. I liked the book - even though there are LOTS of mixed reviews about it. This particular book has cover art from the movie. I think it is a good gossipy read!

I really loved this book. It made me laugh and smile. I really cared about Andi. Granted, some of the characters in the book are pretty superficial, but I suspect that is not too far from the truth in that world. Speaking of that world, it is completely foreign to me, so I enjoyed a peek inside. Do not expect some literary bombshell. It is chick-lit, and if you know that and are okay with it, you will enjoy this hilarious book. BTW the ending in the book is WAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY better than the ending in the movie (though I loved the movie, too, which is rare). If you've seen the movie, you will still enjoy the book.

I don't think anyone picks up a book like this expecting a ground breaking work of fiction. No one hopes to have his or her life changed by the moral of a book like "The Devil Wears Prada," and I am not an exception. I expected a book that would entertain me, keep me interested, and would make life a little less dull. These goals were all achieved.

Looking back over the opening scene of the novel, though, I am confused. It seems to start in the present, then explain how the lead character, Andrea Sachs, got to such a miserable predicament. Yet, this scene is never revisited. This certainly isn't important, but it might have helped the flow of the novel if it were.

No, I was not moved by this book. It will have no lasting affect on me (although I DID fall asleep last night wondering how on earth my wide feet would ever be forced into Jimmys or Manolos, but that's a different issue), but it helped me to fall asleep at night, closing my day in a relaxed way.

I waited a long time (for me) to read this because of all the hype surrounding it. I thought it would be the same as a lot fo others like it when in fact it was quite different. It was a fast read but an enjoyable one.

I loved this book. Very catty and fun. Makes you learn to love the job you have.
Andrea Sachs is a small town girl who lands the job, "a million girls would kill for." However, she is a glorified go-for-girl to a snotty, self centered editor in the world of fashion publishing. The things this boss has her do are just amazing! And not in a good way. Very funny.

excessively funny book about a young out of college girl that takes a job at a magazine in new york and her boss makes her life hell. I laughed through the whole book. no other book has made me laugh so besides bridget jone's diary. you will love it.

Since I had seen the movie before reading the book, it was interesting to see the changes that occurred. The book is still a good read and the writer is excellent. It is easy to read and I couldn't help but be involved with the characters. If you are looking for a nice summer read, then this is it.

I personally did not enjoy this book very much. The basic story line is a young lady just out of college, Andrea, trying to meet the demands of life as a personal assistant to one of the top magazine editors in NY, Miranda Priestly. Andrea is forced to do ridiculous things like fetch 4-5 breakfasts a morning so that a hot one is there when Miranda arrive, arrange to have not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter books sent to Miranda's children in Paris, and make a restaurant reservation based on 'I saw it in the paper last week'. There were some funny moments in the book. Mostly, this book just made me feel annoyed. If Miranda, were real person I would probably shove the book down her throat and tell her to act like a human being. If Andrea were a real person, I would hit her over the head with the book and tell her to stand up for herself. Some of the bantering between Miranda and Andrea is funny but not 360 pages funny. It looses it's charm in about a 100 pages or so. I pray to God that people do not actually act like the Miranda Priestly character and if I do I hope I never work for them, I would be fired on the first day.

I found myself laughing at some of the ridiculous things the character Andrea had to put up with from Miranda a boss from hell. This book is a light, witty, quick read. I would recommend this book for all those who want to escape their own boss horrors.

Oh my God! I read this book while working at the worst job I've had yet. While I found the plot line lacking in a point other than this has got to be the worst boss in history,it unexpectedly gave me the courage to quite my job with out a back up plan. And yes I did find a job I enjoyed much more.

I couldn't get into this one - I probably read about half of it then saw the movie and never had any desire to finish it. More "grown-up" that many of the chick-lit books, which I don't really mean as a compliment as it was not any more fun to read.

I've read this book a couple of times now and it is SO much better than the bubble-gum tween movie version of the story. The film just made the story too cotton-candy cute, not to mention the awful job of casting that was done or the crap job they did in the re-write for the script.

I find the book well-written and not the typical bit of chick-lit fluff where adult characters are lacking serious problems like alcohol-dependency, work stress and/or a potty mouth. The characters in this book may have jobs we can't relate to, but they have problems in their lives that we can be empathetic towards. The author does a great job of making them believable by using real-life language instead of toning it down just so she can sell to a younger genre that the sugary-sweet substitute of a movie pandered to.

This is one of the funniest books I have read. It is the story of a twenty-something fresh out of school and looking for a job. She gets the opportunity to work as the assistant to the editor of a fashion magazine and finds that it is nothing it was cracked up to be and her boss is the boss from hell. This book will make you laugh out loud and thank your lucky stars your boss is not like Miranda, or it will make you laugh at how similar your boss is to her.

This book was a riot! The boss was totally over-the-top but I think more than a few people out there will be able to relate to Andrea. I know I could. Even if you have no interest in the fashion industry, if you have ever worked for a demanding boss you must read this book.

If you've seen the movie, there's not much new here (well, a few more anecdotes and a much better reason for the ending), but it's still a lot of fun and a great escape-book. I found it especially helpful on the days I was having a bad day at work... it could be just a little worse!

This book is about a recently graduated heroin who moves to New York to find a job. What she finds in addition to a job is an evil boss, unlimited hours of work, and a life that she is trying to keep together outside of work. You'll fall in love with the girl and learn to loathe her boss and all the time enjoy the fun novel. I wasn't able to put this book down.

I listened to the unabridged audiobook version, which was quite entertaining. Good glimpse into entry level jobs in this world, and also gave me pause to think about ways that I might be tormenting the people who work for me.

ok. I read it in a couople days while I was in the gym. Didnt finish the last 30 pages or so because I felt like it started to drag on. Its alright if u want a quick easy read, not too much depth or seriousness, good for a day at the beach

A whiney, self-indulgent view of an entry level job. Most of us have dealt with unreasonable bosses - deal with it or get a new job. This book is poorly written and leaves many loose ends. The plot (such as it is) is unfocused and highly predictable. But, given the predictability, why drag one's readers through several hundred pages to what we all expect is to be the ultimate conclusion, unless you have a darn good message to impart along the way? IMHO the movie was better - a more focused plot, no loose ends.

great inside look at the fashion industry and what it takes to work there. You have to love and hate Andrea's boss Miranda all at the same time. You also have to feel sorry for her in a round about way.

It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"
This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alex Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle. --Claire Dederer

Not quite as peppy as most chick-lit I've read. I think you might need a bit of an appreciation, or at least KNOWLEDGE, of couture to really enjoy this book. I felt like 'High Fashion' was a character in this book, and had very little foundation.

I loved this book. It was extremely well-written and insightful. I saw the movie first but much preferred the book. The movie was different than the book so if you are putting off reading the book because you saw the movie, don't.

Based on the movie of the same name. It pushes aside the velvet curtain so you can seethe world og fashion publishing. An accurate depiction of the slightly loony world of fashion and high stakes glamour magazines.

I've read this book a couple of times now and it is SO much better than the bubble-gum tween movie version of the story. The film just made the story too cotton-candy cute, not to mention the awful job of casting that was done or the crap job they did in the re-write for the script.

I find the book well-written and not the typical bit of chick-lit fluff where adult characters are lacking serious problems like alcohol-dependency, work stress and/or a potty mouth. The characters in this book may have jobs we can't relate to, but they have problems in their lives that we can be empathetic towards. The author does a great job of making them believable by using real-life language instead of toning it down just so she can sell to a younger genre that the sugary-sweet substitute of a movie pandered to.

Good movie but I just don't have the time or drive to read the book that was given to me. I like the young, strong female character who isn't afraid to go after what she wants I just don't like how she has to assimalate to fit in. Ugly Betty makeover and I prefer UB.

I enjoyed this story & getting a peek into the sort of life I will NEVER have, nor would want to. High socitey Manhattan too wealthy, too thin, TOO shallow people who dont know their self worth should NOT be measured by the label on their clothing or shoes. Sad really that some endure torture at the hands of a monster boss in order to find their place in the world, or a better job. I wouldn't have put up with it.

It was a fun, fast read with memorable characters. I would not have lasted a day in that place!

It is chick-lit, but I think that some guys could dig the story. It does have a lot of fashion related content, but it is more about dealing with a horrid boss and staying in a job that you despise, but sacrifice everything to keep, in order to get a chance at a promotion.

Fun, fast read. Enjoyed it immensely. Funny -- even if you know nothing about the world of fashion, New York, etc. Probably even funnier if you know more about that world. Made me want to see the movie -- can't imagine Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly!!!

The Devils new assistant thinks she is just taking a job not change her entire life. She learns a lot of life's lessons some the hard way, you will have to read the book to see if she applies these lessons to her new self.

A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bosses.

Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job a million girls would die for. Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts Prada! Armani! Versace! at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to complaints about The Boss from Hell. Narrated in Andreas smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter to Mirandas children in Paris by private jet, to locating an unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every dayand often late into the night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her soul.

From Publishers Weekly
Most recent college grads know they have to start at the bottom and work their way up. But not many picture themselves having to pick up their boss's dry cleaning, deliver them hot lattes, land them copies of the newest Harry Potter book before it hits stores, and screen potential nannies for their children. Charmingly unfashionable Andrea Sachs, upon graduating from Brown, finds herself in this precarious position: she's an assistant to the most revered-and hated-woman in fashion, Runway editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly. The self-described "biggest fashion loser to ever hit the scene," Andy takes the job hoping to land at the New Yorker after a year. As the "lowest-paid-but-most-highly-perked assistant in the free world," she soon learns her Nine West loafers won't cut it--everyone wears Jimmy Choos or Manolos--and that the four years she spent memorizing poems and examining prose will not help her in her new role of "finding, fetching, or faxing" whatever the diabolical Miranda wants, immediately. Life is pretty grim for Andy, but Weisberger, whose stint as Anna Wintour's assistant at Vogue couldn't possibly have anything to do with the novel's inspiration, infuses the narrative with plenty of dead-on assessments of fashion's frivolity and realistic, funny portrayals of life as a peon. Andy's mishaps will undoubtedly elicit laughter from readers, and the story's even got a virtuous little moral at its heart. Weisberger has penned a comic novel that manages to rise to the upper echelons of the chick-lit genre.

Amazon.com
It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"
This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alex Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle